Wardrobe



A. E. HUOVINE.

v WARDROBE. APPLICATION FILED IUNE I31 I919.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

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1 APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. I919.

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ABMOS E. IIUOVINE, OF I-IIBBINQ, MINNESOTA.

WARDROBE.

Application filed June 13,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anrros E. HUovINn, a citizen of Finland, Russia, residing at Hibbing, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrolms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wardrobes. The principal object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe havlng a sliding garment-supporting element whereby a number of garments normally con cealed within the wardrobe may be moved into display position outside-the wardrobe proper in order that a selectlon oi one or more of the garments may be made without disturbing any of the remaining garments. lWith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinaiter fully described, pointedout inthe ap pended claims and illustrated in the accom" panying drawings which form a part oii this specification and in which Figure 1 is a front View of my improved wardrobe with a portion of one compartment broken away to illustrate the sliding garment-supporting element.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the sliding garment-supporting ele ment.

Fig. 3 is a view of the sliding garmentsupporting element in side elevation.

Fig. 4C is a cross section taken on line 41-41 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of Fig. 3. V

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of Fig. 3.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My wardrobe l comprises the drawers 2 of ordinary construction and the compartment 3 provided with the door l, the top portion 5 of the compartment 3 being formed with a longitudinally extending recess 6 hav ing the enlarged portion 7, an eripansion 0011 spring 8 being disposed in the nine]: end of said recess inengagement with the inner end of a sliding rod 9 also disposed in said recess 6' and passing through the enlarged portion thereof, said rod being formed with a notch 10 in which one end of a finger 11 normally rests, said finger being movably disposed in the enlarged portion 7 of said recess 6, said finger resting normally in an- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 303,997.

other notch 12 formed in a runner 13 secured directly to the compartment top 5, said runner being formed with lateral flanges in one 01. which the said notch formed, and with the central bead lei between said flanges and to said bead'the inclined rail 15 is securedhy-the angle irons 1.6. the sides oi. said rail being beveled downwardly from said angle irons to form a tread tor the rollers 17 carried at the ends of the oppositely disposed hangers 18, 19 which at their lower ends carry a supporting bar 19 adapted to carry a plurality of garment hangers 20. Approximately three pair of hangers 18., 18 are provided to support the bar 19 and one hanger 18 is hinged to the aforesaid finger 11. At the inner end of the bar 19 I provide a link 21 that carries a roller that rides against the under side of the said rail 15 as the bar 19 moves, said roller being adaptedtor engagement with a stop 23 se cured to the said rail15 in one position of the bar 19 to limit the' ontward movement of said bar. i t

The normal POSiiLlQII of the bar 19 is shown in Fig. iirtfulllines and its extended position is shown in dotted lines. The supporting bar 19 carres a plurality of garment hangers 20 between two pair'oi hangers 18, 18 1'11 the normal position of the device the garment hangers are disposed within the compartment 3. To move the supporting bar 19 from normal to extended position the rod 9 is manually pressed deeply into the recess 6 thus compressing the spring 8 and at the same time causing the beveled wall of the notched portion 10 to thrust the finger 11 out of that notch and out of the notch 12 into the enlarged portion 7 of said recess 6. This operation frees the supporting bar 19 and connections from the rod 9 and permits said bar to gravitate toward the free end of the rail 15 until the roller 22 engages with the stop 23 aforesaid. The garment supporters 20 are now positioned outside the compartment 3 within easy access of the operator. .The supporting bar 19 and connections are manually pushed back into normal position when the finger 11 will again engage with the notched portion ofthe rod 9. Rod 9 is retained in normal position against the action of spring 8 bythe spring-finger 24 pivotally secured to the wardrobe body and extending through a slot 25 in the door 4 and bearing against the outer end of said rod. The rod 9 is forced manually into recess 6 after first moving said spring finger out of contact with it.

What is claimed is:

1. In a wardrobe comprising a 'compar ment having a longitudinal recess in its top portion, notched sliding rod arranged in said recess, a spring within said recess and abutting said sliding rod, means for releasably retaining said sliding rod in a predetermined position in said recess, a notched runway secured to the top or said compartment, an inclined rail suspended from said runway, a supporting bar operatively supported by said rail, means releasably connecting said supporting bar and the notched portion of said sliding rod and runway whereby said supporting bar is yieldingly retained in a predetermined position, and means connecting said supporting bar and inclined rail for limiting the movement of the former relatively to said inclined rail.

2. In a wardrobe comprising a compartment having a longitudinal recess in its top portion, a notched runway secured to the top of said compartment, an inclined rail suspended from said runway, a supporting bar operatively supported by said rail,

7 means connecting said rail and supporting bar for limiting the movement of the latter member relatively to said rail, means normally connecting said supporting bar and the notched portion of said runway, and manually operable means within the recessed portion of said compartment top whereby the last named means may be rendered inoperative. 1

3. In a wardrobe comprising a compartment having a longitudinal recess in its top portion, a notched runway secured to the top of said compartment, an inclined rail suspended from said runway, a supporting bar, hangers carried by said supporting bar. rollers carried by said hangers and having a bearing upon said rail whereby said supporting bar is supported, a finger hinged to one of said hangers and normally disposed in the notched portion of said runway, means operatively disposed in the recessed portion of said compartment top whereby said. finger may be disconnected from the notched portion of said runway, and cooperating elements carried by said supporting bar and rail for limiting the movement of said supporting bar longitudinally of said rail.

a. In a wardrobe comprising a compartment having a longitudinal recess in its top portion, a notched runway secured to the top of said compartment, an inclined rail suspended from said runway, a stop carried by said inclined rail, a supporting bar operatively supported by said rail, a friction roller carried by said supporting bar engaging said rail and capable of engagement by said stop, a finger normally connecting said supporting bar and the notched portion of said runway, and means operatively disposed in the recessed portion of said compartment top whereby said finger may be disconnected from the notched portion of said runway.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARlvlOb E. llUOYINlC.

Witnesses EMIL BALMINEN, W. R. SrnRnsLEY. 

